Epidemiology of scabies in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories (Occupied)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Amro, Ahmad ^a   Hamarsheh, Omar ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Palestine; Scabies; West Bank

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCABIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856002967     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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